27 miles n.w. of LA calif on fox at this time La stations are reporting alaska airlines #261 In the water upsidedown

-- Randy (warrenr@ionet.net), January 31, 2000

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Flight from Mexico to SF? Ca Oil slick in water Man on Anacapa Island watched crash and called it into Coast Guard. Plain went into water inverted (Past Rudder Problem already mentioned on Fox) ABC 7 from LA has chopper on site and show only a slick

-- Randy (warrenr@ionet.net), January 31, 2000.

Aircraft is re-identified as being an MD-80 (DC-9). Alaskan Airlines as I recall doesn't have anything but some 727s and DC-9/MD-80 series.

WW

-- Wildweasel (vtmldm@epix.net), January 31, 2000.

WW:

A Boeing press release:

" Alaska Airlines Places Boeing 737 Order SEATTLE, Sept. 19, 1996 -- Boeing Commercial Airplane Group today confirmed an order by Alaska Airlines for 12 Boeing 737-400s with an option to acquire up to 12 more. The value of the order, based on the published list price, is approximately $540 million."

Best wishes from one just off of a MD-80,

-- Z1X4Y7 (Z1X4Y7@aol.com), January 31, 2000.

Don't even think of it: IT IS NOT y2k !!

Take care

-- George (jvilches@sminter.com.ar), January 31, 2000.

How do you know that George?

Today is the last day of the month. Maybe it is a Y2K.08333 problem.

-- Hawk (flyin@high.again), January 31, 2000.

I wonder how many more have got to fall outa de skies before this lot wake up

-- cary dean (cary@cary.screaming.net), January 31, 2000.

LA TV news has just shown an Alaska Airlines rep holding a news conference. He stated that the pilot had radioed that they were having a stabilizer problem and they wanted to make an emergency landing at LAX. They didn't make it. Haven't there been some recent posts about stabilizer problems?

-- Norm Harrold (nharrold@terragon.com), January 31, 2000.